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Pastures

Pastures are an essential component of agricultural systems under dryland and irrigated conditions. Their importance as a land use in Western Australia is indisputable as in any year they occupy at least half of the land in the low to medium rainfall areas and almost two thirds in those with higher rainfall.

Pastures have traditionally been used in crop/livestock production systems to provide feed for stock, incorporate atmospheric nitrogen into the soil—in the case of leguminous species—and break pest and diseases cycles.

Increasingly, it is being recognised that improved pastures can play a more comprehensive role in farming systems and be used to address emerging challenges for environment protection and food production.

This website contains information on a large number of annual and perennial pasture species, their environmental requirements and agronomic practices and their use in agricultural systems.

For more information please email the pastures team: pastures@agric.wa.gov.au